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A home kitchen on Lafayette Street

DeeDee's is a fully vegetarian Indian restaurant in Santa Clara where the food tastes like someone made it just for you. Every dish draws from a real regional tradition — and the rotis are always fresh off the griddle.

The neighborhood kitchen

DeeDee's sits on Lafayette Street in Santa Clara, and from the start it was built around a simple idea: cook honest Indian food the way it's made at home. Walking in has always felt less like dining out and more like being welcomed in.

Vegetarian is the whole point

The menu is 100% vegetarian — rooted in Ayurvedic principles, not a restaurant with a token veggie section. Plant-based cooking is the entire point.

Cooking from every region

The kitchen draws from Rajasthani, Gujarati, and other regional traditions. Sunday thalis rotate through specific regions — each one a deep dive.

Breads made to order

Rotis, parathas, and pooris are cooked fresh for every order — never sitting under a heat lamp, always arriving warm.

Recognized by the community

KQED's Check Please and Palo Alto Online have both spotlighted DeeDee's for the quality that sets it apart from other Peninsula Indian restaurants. The regulars who come back every week probably said it first.